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Whew...so much going on right now! 

James' mom is coming to visit tomorrow! I am very excited to hang out with her when there is nothing stressful going on! The first time I saw her was James' WOCS graduation and the second time what at our wedding! While there are things going on this weekend they aren't stressful and that is going to be awesome! Tomorrow after we pick her up from the airport James and I are getting baptized!! Tomorrow night we are having dinner with some friends, Sunday is Easter church, and then Monday is James birthday!! He's old! I mean like over the hill old. So old he can't even remember how old he is or how old he is going to be. Haha last week someone asked him how old he is going to be and he said "Well, I am 27 now" at which point I interupted to let him know that he is currently 26 not 27 haha! Yep, that's my husband, an old man with memory loss! [I love you baby] I can't wait to share pictures of what I got/made him with y'all but if I do that now he will see them and we can't have that! 
 
There is also some very exciting news to share! I am so excited for the END of flight school. The end of flight school also brings my family to visit, family day at the flight line, the graduation ball, James' graduation, and our move to Ft. Carson!!!! Yes, that's right, Colorado Springs!!!! There are not enough exclamation marks to explain how excited I am! Colorado Springs was our number one choice. And...my big sister lives there! We should be heading out there in about a month! Hopefully we start getting some more information so we can actually start planning things like where we are going to live, travel, packing ect. I am ready to get this move going! There are so many things I want to do but it first involves us getting settled in!

I have also decided to add a page to this blog where I will post 'things the Lewellyn's say' Kind of like the book 'shit my dad says'. I mean seriously this stuff is too funny not to share with y'all! Not to be full of ourselves but we are a funny couple! For example here is a conversation James posted on his Facebook last night...

So Laney Lewellyn, my wife says "I bought ice cream for your birthday" this is then followed with "I already ate some." ...... my wife ladies and gentlemen, the ice cream thief! 

Who knows maybe one day I will have it as a book! haha! :)
Anyway...check out my new page and leave me comments! I want to know what y'all think!
  

Christmas Eve!!!!

"...Joy, unspeakable joy
And overflowing where no tongue can tell
Joy, unspeakable joy
Rises in my soul, never lets me go.."

 (The Lewellyn Christmas Tree 2012 - that's Diesel under the tree

 

 Christmas is always exciting but I think it is really exciting for us this year because even though we were dating last year this is the first Christmas we have actually spent in the same house (the same state actually) and this is our first Christmas as a married couple! We got a real Christmas tree which I have never had before! It smells so nice! This is the first Christmas I won't be spending with my family but with all the money we just spent on our wedding a trip to Indiana (my family) or Massachusetts (James' family) just wasn't in the budget. While I miss not being with family I like that we are doing our own Christmas and starting our own traditions! 

This morning James and I went to the commissary for the first time. It was funny trying to find everything. I never realized how I was used to the set-up of Wal-Mart. Turns out we missed an entire section where they have all the chips and water ect. They call it the warehouse section! oops! Things to remember for next time! 

Tonight we went to the candlelight service at church! LOTS of singing! I love the singing! 6 women sang Carol of the bells and it was amazing! I am going to post a link to Carol of the bells by 'Straight No Chaser' I think they are awesome!  

When we came home there was a box that the mail lady delivered form my parents so we opened our gifts tonight!   I got lots of Rachel Rae cookware! I LOVE it! and we got nerf disc shooters which of course means that we had a nerf war in the living room! They also got James Call of Duty Black Ops II which means I will probably talk to him sometime after new years...just kidding he played for a couple hours but now we are watching Family Guy Christmas Episode haha! 

I made cracker candy early. My mom makes this every year and I started making it myself my senior year of college. I call it cracker candy and If y'all are on Pinterest (which I am sure you are) you have probably seen it on there called Christmas Crack. If you take a look under the tab 'Laney's Recipes' I will post it for ya! It is sooooo good! 

 

Tomorrow I am going to make Cornish Game Hens made with garlic and rosemary! I have never made them before so here's to hoping they are good! Maybe I will remember to take a picture for y'all!

  

A Big Day For The Lewellyn's

SUNDAY!!! 

Ever since James and I have started going to church I really look forward to Sundays! We didn't really go to church when I was growing up. I remember going when I was really young but not when I was old enough to understand what was going on. Once I was in college I always wanted to go but I wasn't sure where to go since I was in a different town and honestly I was intimidated. I felt like I didn't know as much as I should.
When James and started dating we always wanted to go but it never worked out because I had to work every Sunday. 
Since we have lived in Alabama we decided we wanted to make church a part of our lives. We found a church that we though we liked. We went a couple of times but it turned out that it was not the right place for us. We then found the church we are currently going to and we love it! We had are both believers in Christ but neither one of us has ever been baptized. We made that commitment today! We got up in front of everyone and made our commitment! So, sometime soon we will both be baptized! :)

After Church we came home and made today a super lazy day! Haha it seems like everyday is a lazy day this past week. James is on two weeks leave and even though he has to study a lot we are loving this lazy time. 
I should probably not be lazy again this next week. I need to go to the gym! Starting the begining of January I have signed up for 'bootcamp'. Bootcamp is a  6 week long program on post through the MWR (moral, welfare, recreation) with pylometrics, agility drills, running, and more. It is a 6 week program with 1 hour workouts, 5 days a week. There are consultations with personal trainers as well. I have heard bootcamp is no joke! There is tire flipping, rope climbing, ruck marches ect.  HOPEFULLY I will lose weight! I really want to do this, all of it, including eating better. The eating is the really hard part for me because I have a sweet tooth. Okay, its more like sweet teeth because I just want sweets all the time! I have read that the less you eat sweet the less you want them. I believe this but the getting started is the hard part and when it comes to food I am weak!!!! 
**any tips, trick, or encouragement is welcome!  Leave me a comment and let me know how you do it!**There are two gyms on post known as the little gym and the big gym (I am sure they have actually names but I like little an big) The little gym which is where I normally go is closed for the two week holiday break. I guess I will have to try something new and go to the big gym tomorrow...eeek I always hate going to a new gym because I feel lost and then I don't accomplish anything. Hopefully I can learn my way around quick!

(Random picture of James and I from our 1 year 'dating' anniversary this past June...Action Track in Destin, Florida)
 
I still need votes for my next hobby to tackle!!!!!! I believe the poll is working again because I received one vote today! So everyone vote and help me out! :)